Should I draft Ezequiel Duran or Edward Olivares?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Ezequiel Duran or Edward Olivares.

PLEASE NOTE this is a draft choice comparison analysis based upon Preseason Projections only. As the baseball season is already underway, you may instead prefer to view our breakdown of a trade for these players which is based upon several more factors including in-season performance.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Strong Recommendation

Ezequiel Duran

Change Player

Edward Olivares

Change Player

TEX · 3B,DH,LF,SS,1B

PIT · RF,DH,LF

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	0.20	0.61
ADP	Undrafted	Undrafted
PROJ	143.00	187.00
AB	321	338
R	41	42
H	79	89
2B	18	18
3B	1	2
HR	10	10
RBI	39	36
SB	8	9
K	94	64
BB	20	23
AVG	.246	.263
OBP	.293	.314
SLG	.402	.417
OPS	.695	.731

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Ezequiel Duran or Randal Grichuk Draft Ezequiel Duran or Christian Vazquez Draft Ezequiel Duran or Nicky Lopez Draft Ezequiel Duran or Will Benson Draft Ezequiel Duran or Giancarlo Stanton	Draft Edward Olivares or Wilmer Flores Draft Edward Olivares or Luke Raley Draft Edward Olivares or Michael Massey Draft Edward Olivares or Carlos Santana Draft Edward Olivares or Zach McKinstry

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	51.0	83.0
AB	176	167
R	14	22
H	45	39
2B	6	4
3B	0	0
HR	2	5
RBI	13	23
SB	1	1
K	43	37
BB	9	16
AVG	.256	.234
OBP	.294	.302
SLG	.324	.347
OPS	.618	.649

Recent News
	Texas Rangers optioning Ezequiel Duran shows Chris Young is serious about fixing this lineup Published June 27th, 2024 via BVM Sports Ezequiel Duran Optioned To Triple-A Published June 27th, 2024 via MSN Ezequiel Duran Optioned To Triple-A Published June 26th, 2024 Texas Rangers send Ezequiel Duran to minors, recall outfielder Derek Hill from Triple-A Published June 26th, 2024 via The Dallas Morning News Rangers Option Ezequiel Duran, Select Derek Hill, DFA Yerry Rodríguez Amid Series of Roster Moves Published June 26th, 2024 via BVM Sports Rangers' Ezequiel Duran: Heading to Triple-A Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Rangers' Ezequiel Duran: Sitting Saturday Published June 22nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Rangers' Ezequiel Duran: Makes 11th straight start Published June 19th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Pirates' Edward Olivares: Taking seat Tuesday Published July 2nd, 2024 via CBS Sports Edward Olivares ruled out at home after review \| 06/29/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Edward Olivares' sac fly \| 06/29/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Edward Olivares laments tag that nailed him at plate Published June 29th, 2024 via DKPittsburghSports.com Pirates' Edward Olivares: Sitting after four straight starts Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Edward Olivares' two-run single \| 06/25/2024 \| Pittsburgh Pirates Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Edward Olivares' two-run single \| 06/25/2024 Published June 25th, 2024 via MLB.com Pirates' Edward Olivares: Getting more work against RHPs Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension